Loadstar Tires - Warranty

[Skyco]

Sorry but Michelin doesn't own any interest in Continental either You might be confused with Uniroyal which is a Michelin brand in North America but is a Continental brand elsewhere in the world Continental also operates the General Tire brand in the US.

 

[polonerw]

Yes, I have an Open Road 5th Wheel bought new 2/08. The tires were Loadstar Karrier and all of them went bad with very little use. A bubble on one and then "midsidewall seperation on other three. Was very hard to get much help from "Roger" their only customer service rep for the warranty. Still waiting for their decision if they will cover the "midsidewall seperation". They are calling the bubble an impact seperation. I can't believe that with all of our advancements we can't make a tire that will last as long as it has tread. I replaced all 4 tires to prevent seperation and damage to my travel trailer. I would like for a warranty to really mean something. There was no damage to the tires and just normal wear. I would guess less than 5,000- 6,000 miles on the tires but short weekend regular use.

 

[FlaDon]

It is funny that everyone is having this problem. I had Carlisle and Goodyear trailer tires fail right and left and figured I would go with the cheapest thing out there. I bought a set of Load Star tires in 15" load range D for my tri-axle boat trailer and had no more failures in 3 years and about 10,000 miles. I check the pressure at least twice a month and during the winter months I put the boat trailer on stands but I have always done that.

I will probably go with them for my car hauler when its time and my small boat that is a tandem-axle trailer.

Chris

Our trailer came with Load Stars from the factory. After 15K miles they were starting to show wear on the edges. They have now been replaced by some H188ST tires sold by the trailer maker as takeoffs. Also they are on 5 spoke Al rims. We'll see if they last as long as the Kenda's. Dealer says that the Carlisles have had a high failure rate on their trailers and have seen the same problems with the Carlisles on travel and Big Tex trailers.

 

[ddivinia]

Loadstars have sucked for me. Fail a lot and they pretty much won't warranty anything.

The Carlisles on my Big Texas have been good.

I think I am going to try Korean tires next. Load rated G, etc.

D.

 

[Builder]

Yes, I have an Open Road 5th Wheel bought new 2/08. The tires were Loadstar Karrier and all of them went bad with very little use. A bubble on one and then "midsidewall seperation on other three. Was very hard to get much help from "Roger" their only customer service rep for the warranty. Still waiting for their decision if they will cover the "midsidewall seperation". They are calling the bubble an impact seperation. I can't believe that with all of our advancements we can't make a tire that will last as long as it has tread. I replaced all 4 tires to prevent seperation and damage to my travel trailer. I would like for a warranty to really mean something. There was no damage to the tires and just normal wear. I would guess less than 5,000- 6,000 miles on the tires but short weekend regular use.

We can, but nobody wants to pay the price for a truly well made tire. We've sold the manufacturing to the Chinese (famous for poisonous toothpaste & dogfood, toxic childrens toys, etc.) and now we are getting the "benefits" of their substandard manufacturing.

It's a well known fact that trailer tires are not thrown away from wearing out, they're thrown away from defects or weather checking from sitting for long periods.

I just read that a tire loses 1/3 of its' strength after 3 years.

 

[luscsmith]

I don't use a trailer much, but on my overloaded F250 I have had General(OEM) and BFG both did not last. I started using Michelin with very goog results until I had a flat one friday. I went to my tire store saturday for two new Michelins only for them to be out of stock, they installed two Nitto (Japanese) tires one with no tire weights and a great ride, that is now all I am using. I now have over 50,000 miles and expect 85,000 - 90,000 miles.

Scott

 

[Builder]

I don't use a trailer much, but on my overloaded F250 I have had General(OEM) and BFG both did not last. I started using Michelin with very goog results until I had a flat one friday. I went to my tire store saturday for two new Michelins only for them to be out of stock, they installed two Nitto (Japanese) tires one with no tire weights and a great ride, that is now all I am using. I now have over 50,000 miles and expect 85,000 - 90,000 miles.


Scott

Crap I can't even get a truck to last 90,000 miles and you get tires that last 90,000 miles???

 

[FlaDon]

Crap I can't even get a truck to last 90,000 miles and you get tires that last 90,000 miles???

My dually just turned 90K. The tires turned about 10K. They'll be gone by 15K. And thats far better with the Firestone Transforce HTs than the Badyear Wranglers. They lasted about 7500 miles or 2 trips to Ohio. And cost twice as much.

 

[luscsmith]

Find a Nitto dealer they are geat. I will let you know for sure in another year.

Scott

 

[TheKid]

Crap I can't even get a truck to last 90,000 miles and you get tires that last 90,000 miles???

I got 100K out of the original Firestone Steeltex tires on my F250. Probably could have gotten another 10K out of them but winter was approaching. They quit making them so I put a set of Yokohama Geolanders on. I've got 30K on them and they look like they will be good for another 50 to 60K.